Staff Software Engineer, GraphQL @Airbnb
Software Development
Salary usd 204,000 - 2..
Remote Location
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA Only
Job Type full-time
Posted 2wks ago

[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, GraphQL @Airbnb

2wks ago - Airbnb is hiring a remote Staff Software Engineer, GraphQL. πŸ’Έ Salary: usd 204,000 - 255,000 per year πŸ“Location: USA

Role Description

As part of the Application Platform pillar of Infrastructure, you will join the Viaduct team, which is a unified data access layer connecting most of Airbnb’s online data. Your mission will be to:

  • Drive platform reliability and operational excellence by designing and implementing deployment pipelines, SLO frameworks, observability tooling, performance improvements, and AI-enabled incident response automation.
  • Contribute to runtime resiliency initiatives including resource attribution, performance regression testing, and proactive monitoring.
  • Architect and deliver AI-powered operational tooling that accelerates incident triage and empowers both the Viaduct team and tenant engineers.
  • Shape the future of Viaduct Modern by contributing to the next-generation architecture and improving developer experience.

Qualifications

  • 9+ years of software engineering experience, with significant depth in backend systems, distributed architectures, and platform engineering.
  • Deep expertise in observability and monitoring, including experience designing SLO frameworks, distributed tracing systems, and metrics pipelines at scale.
  • Proven track record in reliability engineering, with hands-on experience in incident response and root cause analysis.
  • Strong experience with performance tuning and resource management in JVM-based systems.
  • Familiarity with GraphQL or similar API gateway/data access layer technologies.
  • Experience building developer tooling and platforms, focused on developer experience and self-service capabilities.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to partner effectively across teams.

Requirements

  • Experience operating critical, high-traffic systems with a focus on deployment safety and automated rollbacks.
  • Ability to investigate and resolve complex production issues by analyzing distributed traces and system metrics.
  • Experience designing and implementing observability features and tooling for deployment triage.
  • Ability to lead technical design discussions and RFCs for various initiatives.
  • Contribute to open-source Viaduct by ensuring platform improvements are generalizable and well-documented.

Benefits

  • Base pay range: $204,000 β€” $255,000 USD.
  • Eligibility for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Company Description

Airbnb was born in 2007 and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals globally. The Viaduct team is a very tenured and experienced team, setting best practices and next-gen architecture for Airbnb.

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Staff Software Engineer, GraphQL @Airbnb
Software Development
Salary usd 204,000 - 2..
Remote Location
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA Only
Job Type full-time
Posted 2wks ago
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